Jase 43,479 Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Lampard's presser at 1:30pm UK time, for those (still) interested... killer1257 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, Jason said: I mentioned 2010/11 because we went nowhere that season. We released a number of senior players and failed to refresh the squad. The only two notable players we bought in the summer of 2010 was Ramires and Benayoun (remember him?). Otherwise, the squad was old and stale. Even the signing of Luiz and a washed-up Torres in January 2011 hardly improved matters. The fact that we crashed and burned so hard the following season, despite the FA Cup and Champions League wins, only backed that up. There was simply nothing positive and there was no progression in 2010/11. So what we finished 2nd that season? We never looked like defending our title and the one chance we got to reel Man United in, we flopped against them at Old Trafford late in the season. We finished 2nd with 71 points, which is the same number of points as Man City in 3rd and just 3 more than Arsenal in 4th. We finished 9 points behind Man United and 9 ahead of Spurs in 5th - it was like neither here nor there. Furthermore, we got knocked out in the 3rd round of the League Cup (to Newcastle...), lost to Everton in the 4th round of the FA Cup and even though we got to the Champions League quarter finals, we never looked like overturning United, did we? Lost both legs and got knocked out in tame fashion. Winning the FA Cup was nice but apart from that, there was nothing nice to enjoy from that season when the manager basically gave up midway through the season and spent much of it moaning endlessly about the board, transfers etc. I actually think we would have finished outside the top 4 (in 10/11) if it wasn't for Cech, he was ridiculous that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermonkey92 1,428 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Lampard's presser at 1:30pm UK time, for those (still) interested...I hope someone pulls up that stat about 2nd worst defence from corners in Europe. That's not an option and he needs to face difficult questions Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Tomori still not fit. Kovacic out injured with an Achilles problem. Will be out vs Watford and likely the next one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Tomori still not fit. Kovacic out injured with an Achilles problem. Will be out vs Watford and likely the next one as well. Fucking Barkley again... Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,936 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Yep, Kova injured so more Barkley starting for a few weeks. Hopefully Jorginho comes back in at least. Supermonkey92, killer1257 and bigbluewillie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito 459 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Worried about Kova and the Achilles. He injured it earlier in the season and now again. As we know, these injuries are no joke....I'm hoping it just got stepped on and that it's not related to the previous injurySent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermonkey92 1,428 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Kante jorginho mount Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 11 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Wolves and UTD would overtake us but who cares. 5th place gets you CL. Do not be surprised if City's ban is NOT upheld. There will have been big bulging brown envelopes posted to all the right people as soon as that ban was announced. Vesper and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,207 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 minute ago, DDA said: Do not be surprised if City's ban is NOT upheld. There will have been big bulging brown envelopes posted to all the right people as soon as that ban was announced. I think there will multiple lawsuits if Shitty walk scot free FFP is instantly a joke and so many teams have been smashed with it killer1257 and DDA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Vesper said: I think there will multiple lawsuits if Shitty walk scot free FFP is instantly a joke and so many teams have been smashed with it I really hope so but i have a gut feeling those fuckers are going to get away with it. bigbluewillie and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, DDA said: Do not be surprised if City's ban is NOT upheld. There will have been big bulging brown envelopes posted to all the right people as soon as that ban was announced. There is this fear and doubt, that is for sure, but I tend to believe the ban will stand. Similarly to our transfer ban, it will be reduced to just 1 season, but at least this 1 year will stand. IT BLOODY SHOULD! DDA and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermonkey92 1,428 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 There is this fear and doubt, that is for sure, but I tend to believe the ban will stand. Similarly to our transfer ban, it will be reduced to just 1 season, but at least this 1 year will stand. IT BLOODY SHOULD!When will we know the final verdict Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 45 minutes ago, killer1257 said: Fucking Barkley again... Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk I'd rather Barkley than Kante, and i never thought I'll hear myself say that, feels so surreal. Gilmour, Barkley, Mount midfield tomorrow please with Rudiger and Zouma at the back, return to the core that twatted Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alabama 1,992 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Tomo said: I'd rather Barkley than Kante, and i never thought I'll hear myself say that, feels so surreal. Gilmour, Barkley, Mount midfield tomorrow please with Rudiger and Zouma at the back, return to the core that twatted Everton. Please no Barkley... Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said: When will we know the final verdict Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk #ManCity will find out the outcome of their CAS appeal, and whether their #ChampionsLeague ban will be upheld on July 13th. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12004199/man-citys-uefa-ban-appeal-to-be-decided-by-cas-in-july Supermonkey92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,936 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 This will likely be another opponent who will sit deep and try to stifle us which means Tammy and Ross will be redundant again. They both should be in the bench here. Supermonkey92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 No Tammy, Ross, Alonso or Rudiger please......I know it won't happen Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,061 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Giroud & Zouma starting should be a no brainer Supermonkey92 and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 hours ago, LAM09 said: Giroud & Zouma starting should be a no brainer But Christensen+Zouma is a disaster even though Zouma gives us better presence at set pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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